A stabilimentum (plural: stabilimenta), also known as a web decoration, is a conspicuous silk structure included in the webs of some species of orb-web...

The purpose of the crucifix-like stabilimentum has long perplexed biologists, who first thought that the stabilimentum's purpose is to strengthen the web...

quite large, usually containing a signature zig-zag pattern, called a stabilimentum. They sport black and yellow patterning on their abdomen, and occasionally...

diameter, with a dense zigzag of silk, known as a stabilimentum, in the center. The purpose of the stabilimentum is disputed. It is possible that it acts as...

their abdomens. One feature of the webs of some orb-weavers is the stabilimentum, a crisscross band of silk through the center of the web. It is found...

stripe, or stabilimentum, is composed of dead prey and other debris and is used as a hiding place for the spider. The material in the stabilimentum may also...

with a zig-zag stabilimentum of white silk, which varies in shape from discoid in juveniles to cruciform in mature females. The stabilimentum may be association...

Like other species of the same genus, it builds a web with a zig-zag stabilimentum. Argiope catenulata is a colorful spider. The female's cephalothorax...

it is known as a "signature spider"; it builds a web with a zig-zag stabilimentum somewhat resembling letters. The mature female of A. anasuja always...

Adult female with circular stabilimentum and male spider at the top left behind the web Juvenile with X-shaped stabilimentum Female with typical spiral...

heathland, and weaves horizontal cribellate orb webs close to the ground. A stabilimentum is sometimes present, and the spider hangs beneath the hub. "Summary...

decorated with nearly vertical stabilimentum (like a clockface at 5 minutes to 5 or its mirror image). The stabilimentum of the related P.cyphoxis is usually...

just above ground level. The zigzag-shaped web decoration, named the stabilimentum, is featured at the centre of the orb. Its function is not currently...

of insects.[citation needed] The female builds a web with a zig-zag stabilimentum and positions itself head-down in the centre. If disturbed, it drops...

P. prominens stabilimentum...

to 6 mm. They lack venom glands, and are therefore non-venomous. A stabilimentum is sometimes present. Pattern and colouration is quite variable. In...

together and splayed out in an "X" shape more or less aligned with the stabilimentum "X". There are multiple hypotheses regarding the reasoning behind A...

abdomens that are oval shaped. They are easy to identify thanks to their stabilimentum in their web. Males are 5–8 mm while females are 23–30 mm creating a...

in its construction. When disturbed, the spider flees up one of the stabilimentum lines. The spider is found natively from Mexico to Costa Rica. Eberhard...

und deren Schmuck. Übers. von Johann Philipp Wurzelbaur. Leipzig 1703 Stabilimentum baseos Uranies Noricae astronomico-geographicae Norimbergae Anno 1713...

Australia and New Zealand showed 38.7% contained a structure known as a stabilimentum, the purpose of which is yet to be determined. Adult female Argiope...

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consumption Adult female in north Queensland with two segments of its stabilimentum arranged vertically Ventral view of the same spider two days later "Argiope...

spots. Gea eff builds its webs in the herbaceous layer. It creates a stabilimentum, or web decoration, consisting of an X-shaped pattern, with zig-zag...

biology of some Argiope species from New Guinea: predatory behaviour and stabilimentum construction (Araneae: Araneidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean...